Four members of a family died in a fire that destroyed their house in Higashi-izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Saturday night.
According to police, flames were seen coming from the wooden house of Hiromi Shiratori, 60, at around 11:20 p.m. by a neighbor who called 119, Fuji TV reported.
Police said the fire destroyed the house and a neighboring shed.
After the blaze was extinguished early Sunday, firefighters found the remains of Shiratori’s 53-year-old wife, their two sons aged 29 and 28, and the oldest son’s 5-year-old son.
Shiratori, who managed to get out of the house, was taken to hospital, suffering from smoke inhalation. Police said his condition is not life-threatening.
Firefighters said they have not yet determined how the fire started.
© Japan Today
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Goodlucktoyou
I have 3 extinguishers and 4 smoke alarms.
Do the hustle
I don’t live an old timber house.
JonathanJo
Suspicious, not necessarily. He was conceivably trying to get back into the house to rescue the others.
Goodlucktoyou
@do. Most people die from smoke inhalation. You can get alert from the smoke detector, wet a blanket, towel whatever, and use the fire extinguisher to escape.
Peeping_Tom
"You can get alert from the smoke detector, wet a blanket, towel whatever, and use the fire extinguisher to escape."
Easy, enne? Then why do people die from fire accidents the world over, daily?
Jonathan Prin
Because not fire safery educated.
Peeping_Tom
"Because not fire safery educated."
Or maybe because the safety equipment is not that "safe"?
You should impart your wisdom to the hundreds of dead we recently had at Grenfel Tower.